Gentlesorb Quotes & Sayings

He'd only taken the black after he'd lost an arm at the siege of Storm's End. — George R R Martin

What was sleep? A blessing, a respite from life, an echo of death, a demanding nuisance? — Colleen McCullough

For me, Jerusalem was united, will be under Israel sovereignty, will be the capital of Israel and the heart of the Jewish people. — Yitzhak Rabin

If there was one formula for our success,it was that we were constantly studying how to make things work,or how to make them work better. — Lee Kuan Yew

For battle, the new boy looked like an overcooked sausage — George R R Martin

Fiction is able to encompass books that are bleak and which dwell on the manifold and terrible problems of our times. But I don't think that all books need to have that particular focus. — Alexander McCall Smith

CII ABBOT PASTOR said: Just as bees are driven out by smoke, and their honey is taken away from them, so a life of ease drives out the fear of the Lord from man's soul and takes away all his good works. — Thomas Merton

In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance. — Joseph Joubert

In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of the people and the government, which prevents its degeneration into tyranny. — Albert Einstein

I've had moments of deep self-involvement that didn't come from a place of loving myself but quite the opposite. — Lena Dunham

The slow rhythm of the body, the insistent rhythm of the wit, were they becoming irreconcilable in modern civilisation? The sedentary life, frustration and irritability; work with the body, fatigue - and peace of mind. — Henry Williamson

Keep a clear eye toward life's end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God's creature. What you are in his sight is what you are and nothing more. Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received ... but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage. — Francis Of Assisi